Odds Definition

ŏdz
noun
A certain number of points given beforehand to a weaker side in a contest to equalize the chances of all participants.
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Inequalities.
Webster's New World
The ratio of the probability of an event's occurring to the probability of its not occurring.
American Heritage
Difference or amount of difference.
Webster's New World
The likelihood of the occurrence of one thing rather than the occurrence of another thing, as in a contest.
The odds are that she will get the nomination on the first ballot.
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Origin of Odds

  • From odd (“uneven, strange")

    From Wiktionary

  • Pl. of odd

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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